TITLE:
A Study of Personality and Family- and School Environment and Possible Interactional Effects in 244 Swedish Children—A Multiple Regression Analysis
AUTHORS:
Nils Bertil Gerhard Persson
KEYWORDS:
Psychosocial Environment, Environmental Measure, Personality, Traits, Multiple Regression
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.5 No.8,
June
18,
2014
ABSTRACT: The aim of the study was to examine relationships between psychosocial
family- and school environment and personality as assessed by the Junior
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ-J) and possible personality
interactional effects. The study was based on 244 Swedish girls and boys, 10 - 19
years old, who filled in the Family- and School Psychosocial Environment (FSPE)
questionnaire and the EPQ-J. A multiple regression analysis showed that the
FSPE-factor family conflicts and school discipline predicts psychoticism (antisocial
personality), and that the FSPE-factor warmth, support and openness from
parents, siblings and peers predict extraversion. Sex, psychoticism and the
size of sibling group predicted neuroticism. Spanking was reported in various
degrees by 8.1 percent of the children, and this factor was related to psychoticism.
These results support socialization
theories. The most unexpected finding was the impact of interactions between
personality variables themselves, influencing the FSPE’s predictability of neuroticism. Discussion about the advantage of the use of statistic control in a
multiple regression, possible causal links between psychosocial environment and
personality, limitations and further research propositions concludes the
article.